Masashi Tashiro, former member of blackface doo-wop outfit Rats & Star, went and got himself arrested for possession of cocaine. Tashiro’s been hitting low after low this last decade, as he has also been caught filming upskirt videos and possessing other illegal drugs. Read all about it here. Now for the timely commentary, sort of….
AKB48 member/drone Yuko Oshima appeared on some World War II special recently. Quizzed about who Japan fought in the war, she blunders a few historical facts up, such as thinking Japan fought Italy. Whooops! Read the whole account thisaway. Hmmmmm, never would have guessed being thrown into a J-Pop army at a pretty young age…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlkj2rzy7e0″] You probably love Pocky. If you don’t enjoy the delicious snack all the stereotypical otaku enjoy, check your head. It’s delicious. Chances are, fair reader of this blog, you also fancy the music of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Or you at least dig Perfume, who take a lot of musical cues from the group. Now,…
Because what Japan needed was even more Arashi…everyone’s favorite Johnny’s boy band will soon appear in school libraries all over Japan. The group star in a new Japanese textbook called “Nippon No Arashi” which uses the member’s various adventures in Japan as jumping off points for lessons about the country and its history. Whatever gets…
[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeHX7pxIFY”] Look people, I’ve got you figured out. I noticed my web traffic reached absurd heights when I posted a story featuring the words “AKB48” and “porn” in the same headline. The biggest lesson I learned from journalism school went “appeal to your audience.” So…brace for sexiness courtesy of the slightly creepy titled Sexy All…